Using URSA Mini Recorder
When URSA Mini Recorder is connected and an SSD is loaded, the recorder takes over from
URSA Mini's number '2' storage slot. You'll see an 'SSD' indicator over slot 2 on your camera's
storage manager when URSA Mini Recorder is in use.
When an SSD is inserted into URSA Mini Recorder, your camera's storage
manager will display 'SSD Recorder' over storage slot 2.
This means that recording, playback and storage management is exactly the same for SSDs as
it is for CFast or SD cards. For general information on storage management, as well as specific
instructions for choosing SSDs, see the 'storage media' section of this manual.
Status LEDs
URSA Mini Recorder has one status light on the left side for 'SSD.' The brightness of this
indicator can be set to 'low,' 'medium,' 'high' or 'off' in your camera's 'setup' menu.
SSD
The 'SSD' indicator shows the status of the SSD currently inserted. This LED provides the
following status indicators:
Green
Your URSA Mini Recorder will show a short green light when you insert an SSD into
it. This is shown while it is verifying the SSD. When the indicator turns off your SSD
Recorder is ready to record. The status light will also be green while footage is being
played back from the SSD.
Red
Your URSA Mini Recorder will show a red light while it is recording to SSD. When the
space on your SSD is running low the red light will begin to flash slowly.
A fast flashing red light indicates that SSD is dropping frames. If this happens please
check that you are using a disk from our recommended list of SSDs and that you are
recording at a data rate that is compatible with your media.
Orange
If a problem has occurred while mounting the SSD the status light will go Orange. This
may be the result of an improperly formatted or incompatible SSD. See the 'storage
media' section in this manual for a list of compatible SSDs and formatting instructions.
TIP
If the 'SSD' LED indicates a drive mounting error it may need to be 'initialized' on a
mac or PC using disk utility or disk management.
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